Danny Murillo, who is featured in the film and is a co-founder of the Underground Scholars at Berkeley, will also be on hand to discuss the documentary, which follows a group of students at UC Berkeley who face significant challenges as formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals pursuing higher education.
Madeline Stenersen, St. Louis University assistant professor of psychology, and Cassandra Young, University of Denver assistant professor of gender and women’s studies will be featured on the next program, to be livestreamed on Zoom beginning at noon Wednesday, March 26.
Eric Avila, UCLA professor of history and Chicano/a Studies, examines the intersections of racial identity, urban space, and cultural representation in 20th-century America. Conversations on Race and Policing is free and open to the public and will take place at noon on Wednesday, March 19, via Zoom.
CSUSB alumna and author Keeonna Harris, and activist and radio host Cat Brooks will headline the two Conversations on Race and Policing this week. Harris will appear on the Wednesday, March 12, program, and Brooks on the Thursday, March 13, program. Both will be on Zoom.
Madeleine Hamlin is a Colgate University assistant professor of geography, whose work focuses on housing, policing, race, class and punishment in U.S. cities.
“In Conversation with Drs. Paloma Villegas (CSUSB Sociology) and Dylan Rodriguez (Dept. of Black Study & Media and Cultural Studies, UCR)” takes place at noon Wednesday, Feb. 26, on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.
Cal State San Bernardino’s continuing series resumes at noon Wednesday, Feb. 19, when it hosts Amy Barden, chief of Seattle’s Community Assisted Response & Engagement Department, a public safety agency that assists police officers on calls involving people experiencing crisis or behavioral health challenges.
Michael German, Brennan Center for Justice Fellow, former FBI special agent and a member of the conversation series organizing group will discuss his forthcoming book, “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within.”
The talk, “Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Grown Politics and the Remaking of Segregation,” will be presented by Daanika Gordon, author of the book of the same title, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, on Zoom. The program is free and open to the public.